Embee's Tower of BaBeL

It's a "look ... a bear" response to the shit house performance by our test team

horace wrote:

skully wrote:So CA has gone PC mad and is dropping all reference to Australia Day for Aus Day Big Bash matches.

"CA announced on Wednesday night that three Big Bash clubs will wear Indigenous jerseys and the term ‘Australia Day’ will be dropped from promotions in a bid to normalise conversations over the date’s history."

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FMD, what pack of dills. HTF is that normalising conversations??

lol. Sounds good to me.

Phurt.

one round to go before the give too many teams a chance finals

perth and the pink dubbers are in the finals

rentagades are out

every one else a chance to make it or miss out

On paper it looks like the Canes have the easiest draw but i would'nt put it past them to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

So how is the Babel going this year compared to previous series? Standard of play? TV ratings?

Thoughts Big Dog and Embee?

Rating better than the last two years which was a particularly low bar, but winning the night weekdays.

Bradman wrote:Rating better than the last two years which was a particularly low bar, but winning the night weekdays.

Presumably that will help calm negotiations over the broadcasting contract.

horace wrote:

Bradman wrote:Rating better than the last two years which was a particularly low bar, but winning the night weekdays.

Presumably that will help calm negotiations over the broadcasting contract.

haha, nope. 7 still want out.

Yeah the figures are for all platforms. So the mid 150k kayo gets for blockbusters doesn't help seven.

Big Dog wrote:On paper it looks like the Canes have the easiest draw but i would'nt put it past them to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

they are doing their best

Dan Christian is a hell of a finisher.

Big Dog wrote:On paper it looks like the Canes have the easiest draw but i would'nt put it past them to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Prophetic words BD.

Blackadder wrote:

Big Dog wrote:On paper it looks like the Canes have the easiest draw but i would'nt put it past them to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Prophetic words BD.

It gets like a broken record after a while.

Thankfully this is nearly finished.

The Sydney Shitters are ahead of the crowd, but the Sydney Thunderbox and the Perth Scaldyarses are close behind.

And who knows, the Adelaide Stinkers or even the Brisbane Heavers may win the Big Barker's Egg yet.

So exciting.

PeterCS wrote:The Sydney Shitters are ahead of the crowd, but the Sydney Thunderbox and the Perth Scaldyarses are close behind.

And who knows, the Adelaide Stinkers or even the Brisbane Heavers may win the Big Barker's Egg yet.

So exciting.

hehehe... you know more about it than me.

Andrew Tye bowls a wide to James Vince giving victory to the Sixers. Vince left not out 98.

WideWally wrote:Andrew Tye bowls a wide to James Vince giving victory to the Sixers. Vince left not out 98.

embee will not be a happy camper.

Pommiy media screaming like stuck pigs.

Bradman wrote:Pommiy media screaming like stuck pigs.

Huh? What about this time?

lol. Just saw Mere Marsh's reaction to being given out last night. He really chucks the toys from the cot.

Some debate on whether he will be fined or suspended. I'd say who cares but Ashton Turner (Perth Skidmarks skipper) clearly did. Many quotes from him in the CA farticle. My favourite was,

"I'm sure Mitch will reflect on his actions tonight but we're all human beings and Mitch is no exception."

Even I have never questioned Mitch's membership of the human race.

horace wrote:

Bradman wrote:Pommiy media screaming like stuck pigs.

Huh? What about this time?

The blatantly deliberate wide to deny Vince.

Vince should have swung at it

Its a funny game cricket

we whinge about bowling a wide to deny a batsman a century
we want a batsman to get fined or suspended for going off at the umpire for an incorrect decision
we say nothing about the fielding team who appealed for the catch behind that wasnt hit

embee wrote:Vince should have swung at it

Its a funny game cricket

we whinge about bowling a wide to deny a batsman a century
we want a batsman to get fined or suspended for going off at the umpire for an incorrect decision
we say nothing about the fielding team who appealed for the catch behind that wasnt hit  

Dissent is different issue. I don't like it in footy and less in cricket. Dissent in soccer is outrageous.

When keeping I was denied catches that I knew were there. I basically appealed for everything I thought close. No doubt some successful appeals involved no nick. A lot of the time leg side catches off spinners were a mystery.

I can recall a couple of times when batting that I had the lightest feather and the Oppo did not appeal. Heaps of times I was given out lbw when I had nicked it to my pads

We have debated this before, but I reckon the worst transgression is claiming a catch that was not up.

embee wrote:Vince should have swung at it

Its a funny game cricket

we whinge about bowling a wide to deny a batsman a century
we want a batsman to get fined or suspended for going off at the umpire for an incorrect decision
we say nothing about the fielding team who appealed for the catch behind that wasnt hit  

If he had Cameron Green standing on his shoulders he couldn't have connected. I don't have a problem with it. End of the game, the guy who just gave you a at the striker's end and you can't win. Fog of war and all that